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The future is clearer for two of World Series of Fighting's marquee free agent acquisitions, as UFC veterans Yushin Okami (29-8) and Rousimar Palhares (15-5)
are both expected to make their promotional debuts at a March 29 WSOF event.

Promoters and a women’s strawweight from World Series of Fighting on Thursday criticized recent comments made by UFC welterweight Matt Brown, who said among other things that he would only buy a pay-per-view to see women fight if they were topless.

Pedro Rizzo is not done fighting.
The former UFC heavyweight contender was seen in the corner of top UFC fighters Anderson Silva, Glover Teixeira and Jose Aldo over the last year, and he might return to the cage as a fighter in 2014.

World Series of Fighting matchmaker, Ali Abdel-Aziz discusses standards that they've modeled after the UFC, their willingness to be the "college football" of mixed martial arts and the way they'll be handling drug policies and officiating when they start instituting their overseas events.

Next week’s World Series of Fighting 8 lineup has been finalized, and in addition to a new preliminary-card bout, lightweights Luis Palomino (21-9) and Jorge Patino (35-14-2) have been promoted to the main card.

Jorge Patino vs. Jose Landi-Jons is signed for the World Series of Fighting’s first trip to Brazil in 2014, but "Macaco" has another bout before he faces his long-time rival.
WSOF’s executive vice president Ali Abdel-Aziz told MMAFighting.com that Patino is set to make his promotional debut on Jan. 18 in Miami, Fla., when he takes on Luis Palomino.

Don’t be surprised if you see some new Brazilian faces in major mixed martial arts promotions next year.
Some Brazilian talents had that chance in 2013, and did the best with it, like UFC fighters Antonio Braga Neto, Alan Patrick, Adriano Martins, Kevin Souza and Lucas Martins, or Resurrection Fighting Alliance’s Raoni Barcelos, Bellator featherweight Goiti Yamauchi and Legacy FC's Thomas de Almeida.

An injury has forced World Series of Fighting to change its main event on Jan. 18.
Justin Gaethje will now face Richard Patishnock for the inaugural WSOF lightweight title after Lewis Gonzalez suffered an injury.

World Series of Fighting is heading down to Brazil.
WSOF already has five events planned for the first half of 2014, and the promotion had added Brazil to the list of future shows. WSOF’s executive vice president Ali Abdel-Aziz told MMAFighting.com they are in negotiations to promote their first fight card in South America next year. Combate first reported the news...

Multiple time jiu-jitsu champion Augusto Mendes made quick work of his first opponent in MMA.
"Tanquinho" made his amateur MMA debut on Saturday night at Duel for Domination 6 at the Arizona Event Center in Meza, AZ. A training partner of former UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson at MMA Lab, the Brazilian needed
only 36 seconds to take Jamie Carskaden down, get the mount and finish the bout with an arm-triangle choke.